react-native-typical

React native version of react-typical package.

Change Log

1.2.3
- Minor typing fix

1.2.2
- Making all the props optional in typescript

1.2.1
- Adding typescript support
- Fixed an issue where new steps transition was not happening gracefully but instead flickering

1.2.0
- Added support to gracefully transition to new steps
- Added support to change blinking character using blinkChar. Default to '|'

1.1.2
- Fixed a bug for not rendering dynamic steps
- Fixed an issue regarding cursor on center text align

1.1.1
- Updated README.md file.

1.1.0
- Added new property blinkCursor to toggle cursor blinking
- Added new property editDelay to determine delay while adding text
- Added new property deleteDelay to determine delay while deleting text

Motivation

While working with react native and after few hours into trial and error of making react-typical work, I realized the React.createElement used in the library doesn't work as expected in react native as its not possible to get text from Text component (I am new to react native so hey no judjing if its not that hard afterall).
So I wrapped the existing react-typical in react native Text component and ta da...

Installation

``
npm install --save react-native-typical
or
expo install react-native-typical
`

Usage

`jsx
import React from "react";
import { StyleSheet, Text, View } from "react-native";
import TypingText from "react-native-typical";

export default function App() {
return (

Open up App.js to start working on your app!
steps={["Hello there", 1000, "Hello World !!!", 1000]}
loop={Infinity}
style={[styles.text]}
/>
steps={[
"This will run some time only",
1000,
"This will run 5 times only",
1000,
]}
loop={5}
blinkCursor={true}
blinkChar="_"
editDelay={80}
deleteDelay={10}
/>

);
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
backgroundColor: "#fff",
alignItems: "center",
justifyContent: "center",
},
text: {
fontSize: 14,
},
});
`

Properties

| Name | Type | Example |
|-------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------|
| steps | Array [] | ["string", 1000, "some more", 1000] |
| loop | number | 5, 10, Infinity etc. |
| blinkCursor | boolean | true (default) |
| blinkChar | string | "|" (default) |
| editDelay | number | 60 (default) |
| deleteDelay | number | 60 (default) |
| style | react native styles | {[styles.text, {fontSize: 50}]}` etc. |

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This library is inspired from react-typical (for web) and logic is based on @camwiegert's light weight library.